Blue Jays, fans have a blast in Montreal win

Blue Jays shortstop Munenori Kawasaki celebrates with catcher Dioner Navarro after scoring the winning run in the ninth inning against the New York Mets at the Olympic Stadium on Friday. (Eric Bolte/USA TODAY Sports)

It was as if the previous one was last September ... not Sept. 27, 2004.

It was as if baseball had never left.

No matter that it was the New York Mets and the Toronto Blue Jays on the field.

Before one of the largest exhibition game crowds in Canada — 46,121 chanting “Let’s Go Expos,” in between cheering for the Blue Jays — baseball was back. A crowd of 50,000 is expected Saturday afternoon for the rematch.